We
just wanted to let our readers know that having finished our project
we are back on the blog.
Someone
has submitted a comment to Medical
Aspects of the Monastic Vocation. We do not wish to publish it
in full. In part it reads:
The late … in … suffered from bi-polar disorder. Much of her … [work was] produced during her manic periods, because she either did not or could not take the proper medication. And don't forget St. Pimen the Sickly of the Kievan Caves, a bed-bound invalid, who was miraculously tonsured by the Holy Angels themselves. The State Church of Greece, unless I am mistaken, has provision for women to be tonsured as nuns and maintain their own residences and livings. …
We
will comment on this in a separate post.
In
addition we would like to ask how many of our readers would be
interested in a full, formatted print-out of the blog. Please let us
know in a comment.
—Orthodox
Monk
